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Rep. McELVEEN explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Reps. WOFFORD, CROMER, CLYBORNE and WILKES proposed the following Amendment No. 3 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\CYY\16128AC.94), which was tabled.
Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered section to read:
/SECTION . (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no family may receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children for more than thirty-six months unless the head of the household is:
(1) permanently or totally disabled, whether physical or mental;
(2) unable to obtain employment in the private sector because no job for which the person is qualified is available but the person is working forty hours per week in a volunteer public sector community placement;
(3) providing full time care to a disabled dependent in the home; or
(4) unemployed because Work Support program services including, but not limited to, transportation or child care are not available to assist the person in becoming self-sufficient.
Evidence of the exceptions to the thirty-six month benefit limit as enumerated in this subsection must be provided to the department in the manner and form as the department may require.
(B) The Department of Social Services shall apply for a waiver to implement the provisions of subsection (A).
(C) Using funds currently appropriated in the 1994-95 General Appropriations Act for the Department of Social Services JOBS Program, the Department shall contract with the State Budget and Control Board to conduct a study to determine the savings in state funds that will be realized by limiting Aid to Families with Dependent Children benefits to thirty-six months, as provided for in subsection A, and shall report to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee on or before June 30, 1995, and any savings realized from this limitation must
(D) This section takes effect July 1, 1994, and applies to families who apply for Aid to Families with Dependent Children benefits after June 30, 1994, and upon recertification to families receiving or who have been determined eligible to receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children as of July 1, 1994./
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Rep. WOFFORD moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. FAIR proposed the following Amendment No. 4 (Doc Name
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Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, page 6, by striking line 22 and inserting:
/comprehensive family planning and prenatal care for Medicaid clients, provided, however, that no state funds shall be used under any circumstances anywhere in this State, either directly or indirectly, to pay the costs of an abortion for any person./
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Rep. FAIR explained the amendment.
Rep. WALDROP raised the Point of Order that Amendment No. 4 was out of order as it was not germane.
Rep. FAIR argued contra the Point.
Rep. SHISSIAS stated that it was as germane to the Joint Resolution as some of the other issues.
The SPEAKER stated that it was germane to the section added and he overruled the Point of Order.
Rep. MOODY-LAWRENCE moved to table the amendment.
Rep. HASKINS demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Askins Beatty Breeland Brown, J. Carnell Cobb-Hunter Farr Govan Hines Houck Inabinett Jennings Keyserling Kirsh McAbee McElveen McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Phillips Rogers Rudnick Scott Snow Stille Waites Waldrop Whipper Wilder, D.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Allison Bailey, J. Baker Barber Baxley Brown, H. Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cooper Cromer Davenport Delleney Fair Gamble Gonzales Graham Hallman Harrell Haskins Holt Huff Hutson Jaskwhich Keegan Kelley Klauber Koon Lanford Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin Mattos McKay Meacham Riser Robinson Sharpe Shissias Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Stone Stuart Vaughn Walker Wells Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young, A.
So, the House refused to table the amendment.
Reps. McELVEEN and SHISSIAS spoke against the amendment.
Rep. FAIR spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. SIMRILL demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Allison Baker Baxley Brown, H. Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cooper Corning Davenport Delleney Fair Gonzales Graham Hallman Harrell Haskins Huff Hutson Jaskwhich Keegan Kelley Klauber Koon Lanford Littlejohn Marchbanks Meacham Quinn Riser Robinson Sharpe Sheheen Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Stone Sturkie Vaughn Walker Wells Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Wright Young, A.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Askins Bailey, J. Barber Beatty Breeland Brown, J. Canty Carnell Cobb-Hunter Cromer Farr Gamble Govan Harrelson Harris, J. Hines Holt Houck Inabinett Jennings Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Law Martin Mattos McAbee McCraw McElveen McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Phillips Richardson Rogers Rudnick Scott Shissias Snow Stille
Stoddard Tucker Waites Waldrop Whipper Wilder, D. Worley
So, the amendment was rejected.
The SPEAKER granted Rep. CANTY a leave of absence for the remainder of the day.
Rep. NEILSON proposed the following Amendment No. 5 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\GJK\20886SD.94), which was adopted.
Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/SECTION . Section 20-7-420 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 441 of 1992, is further amended by adding an appropriately numbered item to read:
"( ) To require a parent or custodian of a child who receives child support on behalf of a child to submit to the parent paying the support or to the court, or both, at such times as the court requires an accounting of expenditures made from the child support received and such evidence of these expenditures as the court requires."/
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Rep. NEILSON explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. HUTSON proposed the following Amendment No. 6 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\GJK\20887DW.94), which was tabled.
Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/SECTION . A. Section 43-5-65(a) of the 1976 Code is amended by adding at the end:
"(3) agree to repay the State the aid to families with dependent children that the recipient receives with repayment to begin after eighteen months have elapsed since the last benefit is paid; at the time the last benefit is paid to a recipient, the department shall provide the recipient with the total amount of benefits paid, a repayment amount and schedule based on the
B. The payments the State Department of Social Services receives pursuant to Section 43-5-65(a) must be remitted to the General Fund of the State but must be dedicated to providing early intervention services for children and their families who are at risk for being recipients of aid to families with dependent children.
C. The amendments to Section 43-5-65(a), as contained in Section 1 of this act, apply to recipients who apply or reapply or who are reinstated for aid to families with dependent children on or after this act's effective date and apply only to benefits paid on or after this act's effective date.
D. The Department of Social Services shall apply to the federal government for a waiver allowing the department to retain matching federal funds as a result of the enactment of this section and for the purposes of this section./
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Rep. HUTSON explained the amendment.
Rep. COBB-HUNTER moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
The Joint Resolution, as amended, was read the second time and ordered to third reading.
On motion of Rep. COBB-HUNTER, with unanimous consent, it was ordered that H. 4837 be read the third time tomorrow.
Rep. JENNINGS moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. KLAUBER demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Anderson Askins Bailey, J. Baxley Beatty Breeland Brown, J. Byrd Canty Carnell Chamblee Cobb-Hunter Corning Fair Farr Govan Harrelson Harris, J. Hines Holt Houck Jaskwhich Jennings Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Koon Martin Mattos McAbee McCraw McElveen McKay McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Phillips Rudnick Scott Sheheen Stille Stoddard Sturkie Waites Waldrop Wilder, D.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Baker Barber Brown, H. Cato Clyborne Cooper Cromer Davenport Delleney Gamble Gonzales Graham Hallman Harrell Harrison Harwell Haskins Inabinett Keegan Kelley Klauber Lanford Law Littlejohn Marchbanks Meacham
Quinn Richardson Riser Robinson Rogers Sharpe Shissias Simrill Smith, R. Snow Stone Stuart Vaughn Walker Wells Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright
So, the motion to adjourn was agreed to.
The Senate returned to the House with concurrence the following:
H. 5176 -- Reps. McLeod, Keegan, Quinn and Shissias: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR TWO DECADES OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE FIELD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE PALMETTO STATE, AND ENCOURAGING THE COLLEGE TO KEEP UP ITS GOOD WORK.
H. 5177 -- Reps. Scott, J. Brown, Neal, Byrd, Shissias, Waites, Quinn, Harrison, Corning and Rogers: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1944 AS THEY GATHER IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR FIFTIETH HIGH SCHOOL REUNION JUNE 10, 1994, AND TO WISH THEM A SUCCESSFUL AND ENJOYABLE REUNION AND BEST WISHES FOR THE FUTURE.
H. 5178 -- Rep. Anderson: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING DR. NORMAN P. PEARSON, SR., ON HIS SILVER ANNIVERSARY AS PASTOR OF NEW PROSPECT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF WILLIAMSTON.
Indicates Matter Stricken Indicates New Matter
The House assembled at 10:00 A.M.
Deliberations were opened with prayer by the Chaplain of the House of Representatives, the Rev. Dr. Alton C. Clark as follows:
God of all goodness, the Help of our present and the Hope of our future, ere we begin the challenges of this day we invoke Your blessings upon us throughout this day and every day. Help us to meet our duties with understanding, our difficulties with fortitude, and our differences with fairness. Reveal to us the path in which we should walk, and give us the determination to walk in it. So as we stand before this altar of prayer, we ask that Your wisdom may make us wise, Your strength may make us strong and Your forgiveness may make us forgiving.
We pray in our Master's Name. Amen.
After corrections to the Journal of the proceedings of yesterday, the SPEAKER ordered it confirmed.
The following Bill was read the third time, passed and, having received three readings in both Houses, it was ordered that the title be changed to that of an Act, and that it be enrolled for ratification.
S. 1347 -- Senator Peeler: A BILL TO ENACT THE CHEROKEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 1 SCHOOL BOND-PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT.
The following Bills and Joint Resolutions were taken up, read the third time, and ordered sent to the Senate.
H. 4864 -- Rep. Richardson: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 59-17-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ALTERATION OR DIVISION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF CERTAIN PETITION REQUIREMENTS ARE SATISFIED, THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IS REQUIRED TO ALTER OR DIVIDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS CONCERNED IN THE MANNER STIPULATED IN THE PETITION,
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